National Museum of the Marine Corps

Revisited the museum after my 1st visit in 2006. It has more content in each gallery dedicated to different wars, and expended its outdoor garden and trail with a lot of monuments— checked in to National Museum of the Marine Corps.

The National Museum of the Marine Corps is very annominated and you can check out the Virtual tour to watch videos, 3D models of artifacts and experience many other innovative features.
 

Potluck with hiking friends in Howard County

It was quite a long drive to get to the house and my phone/GPS was almost our of power, yet the conversation, food, and site were worth the efforts.

Folk Festival at Glen Echo Park

Attended Washington Folk Festival at the Glen Echo Park which features hundreds of musicians, storytellers, dancers, and craft vendors — checked in to Glen Echo, Maryland. 


The park is a cultural resource in the Washington, D.C. area. It offers hundreds of classes and workshops in the visual and performing arts and is home to thirteen resident artists and arts organizations. The park is well known for its antique Dentzel carousel, its Spanish Ballroom, its many public festivals. 


The site was first developed in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly and then operated as an amusement park until 1968.

Red Cross

Toured the old headquarter of the Red Cross and learned the story of its founder Ms. Clara Barton via a ranger guided tour. The furniture was off site for maintenance — checked in to Clara Barton National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service).

Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She worked as a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, and as a teacher and patent clerk. Ms. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work at a time when relatively few women worked outside the home.

 

Alomst lost a shirt

Ran 5 miles and figured out that I should have stretched before running as preparing races in order to increase the speed. I forgot to turn back on the tracking app after stopping to find my shirt which was tossed away by a business complex clean staff by accident — checked in to Falls Church, Virginia.

Comedy Club

Walked via DuPont circle to get to a comedy club for laughters after the 1st half of a play (1st half was enough for me) — checked in to Science Club.

Watched a play "Jarry Inside Out"

Watched inside a church a play  "Jarry Inside Out" about the imaginary world of the French writer famous for a play King Ubu. The play creates a fictional and dreamy reality. "We can live in paradise if we can leave the confines of the average, the prison of reality." — checked in to Spooky Action Theater.